Chitra Santhe

The pluses of having artist friends, or rather friends who are artists........ I attended the 'Chitra Santhe' this week. 

Chitra Santhe is this unique annual art festival held by Bangalore's Chitra Kala Parishad (an exclusive arts college). Sujata has displayed her own paintings there in earlier years, but this time round she chose to just visit, and I tagged along.

When she'd told me about the event, she'd said...it has this lovely buzz to it. And that's so true. The feel of the place.....the varying kinds of art on display....the opportunity to chat up with the artists....see some mind blowing pieces.... and generally partake of the creative energy of the place....it was an amazing buzz for sure.

All streets  that lead into Chitra Kala Parishad transform into an art bazaar of kinds for the day, with artists from across the country there to display their art work. There is music, there's food and there's lots and lots and lots of art.

Here are some pictures to give a direct feel of the event, and heads up, there are more than the usual, I could have easily put fifty instead of fifteen, and yet fallen short.

This was at Chitra Kala Parishad

Lovely landscapes, and that's the artist on the left

It was literally streets full of art

A beautiful landscape of Varanasi ( brought back the surreal feel of the place for me, and so earned itself a place here)

 She was painting even sitting in her stall...

Sand art in a bottle...was just so beautiful, it gave me goosebumps

Some lovely work with fishermen as theme. That's the artist by his work

This one was one of my favorites

 Micro art..jaw dropping work...all on a pencil lead

A detailed sketch

An amazing painting of Hampi

 A junk jewellery seller, as pretty as the art around

As real as it gets

And that's Sujata and me, enjoying some of the fruit chat after walking till our feet were oh, so sore

Sujata, that was a lovely experience, and it was especially nice to see it from an artists perspective, so a special thanks on that count too ( See, I'm sportive enough, long as there's no mountain trek involved :)